gorget

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A piece of armour protecting the throat and/or the upper part of the chest.

   “About his neck a threefold gorget, / As rough as trebled leathern target”

2. isim A crescent-shaped ornamental metal plate suspended around the neck from the crescent's points by a length of chain or ribbon, used to indicate rank or authority and was worn as part of a dress military uniform by officers.
3. isim A type of women's clothing covering the neck and breast; a wimple.
4. isim An ornament for the neck; a necklace, ornamental collar, torque etc.
5. isim A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.
6. isim A grooved instrument used in performing various operations; called also blunt gorget.
7. isim A crescent-shaped coloured patch on the neck of a bird or mammal.

   “There was […] the golden-winged woodpecker, with his crimson crest, his broad black gorget, and splendid plumage […]”

8. isim A hake caught in a net set for other fish.